Q: Though Peter Jennings hosted a CBS radio show at age nine, was his first adult job:
(a) roller rink manager; (b) bank teller; or (c) assistant librarian? A: Bank teller.
Q: Before All In The Family, was actress Sally
Struthers on the Pebbles & Bamm Bamm Show as the voice of: (a) Pebbles; (b)
Bamm Bamm; or (c) Dino the Dinosaur? A: Pebbles. She was also the only chorus girl on The
Tim Conway Comedy Hour.
Q: Was comic Robin
Williams’ first TV appearance on: (a) Laugh-In; (b) Happy Days; or (c) Mork
& Mindy? A:Laugh-In, 1977. He first appeared as Mork on Happy
Days in February 1978 when he landed from Ork and tried to kidnap Richie Cunningham.
Q: Was actor Patrick Stewart of Star
Trek: The Next Generation originally: (a) a barber; (b) a journalist; or (c) a
teacher? A: A journalist.
Q: According to American Heritage magazine, is
the most over-rated gangster in the 20th century: (a) Machine Gun Kelly; (b) Clyde Barrow;
or (c) Al Capone? A: Al Capone. The magazine blames his notoriety on The
Untouchables TV series.
Q: Was health guru
Richard Simmons born in: (a) New Orleans; (b) Birmingham; or (c) Houston? A: New Orleans.
Q: Was actress Courtney Cox of Friends born
in: (a) Atlanta; (b) Birmingham; or (c) New Orleans? A: Birmingham.
Q: Was Dudley
Do-Right’s horse named: (a) Horse; (b) Nell; or (c) Fenwick? A: Horse. Nell was his girlfriend; Inspector Fenwick was
his commander in the Canadian Mounted Police.
Q: On The Andy Griffith Show, who said, "I
got a uvula, you got a uvula, all God’s children got a uvula!" Was it: (a)
Barney; (b) Gomer; or (c) Goober? A: Barney, from the "Barney and The Choir"
episode.
FunQuote: "Analyzing humor is like dissecting a
frog. Few people care and the frog dies." - E.B. White.
Q: Was the original host
of the syndicated nighttime version of The Gong Show: (a) Jimmy Dale Gong; (b)
Chuck Barris; or (c) Gary Owens? A: Gary Owens hosted the first year, then producer and
daytime host Chuck Barris also hosted the nighttime show.
Q: Were the
Gumbel brothers, Greg and Bryant, born in: (a) New Orleans; (b) Biloxi; or (c) Montgomery? A: New Orleans. Greg is two years older than Bryant.
Fun Fact: On The Brady
Bunch, mom Carol Ann’s maiden name was Tyler. It was Martin in her first
marriage.
Q: Was Aaron
Spelling’s first TV series as a writer-producer: (a) Family; (b) Johnny
Ringo; or (c) Burke’s Law? A:Johnny Ringo in 1959. In addition to Family
and Burke’s Law, he also wrote and produced The Dupont Show With June
Allyson, Amos Burke: Secret Agent, Charlie’s Angels, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island,
The Mod Squad, Starsky and Hutch, S.W.A.T., Dynasty, Beverly Hills 90210, and Melrose
Place.
Fun Fact: The
first toilet shown on television appeared on the ‘60's sitcom Leave It To Beaver.
Q: Does actress
Sarah Michelle Gellar have: (a) a vampire slaying license; (b) a brown belt in tae kwon
do; or (c) a permit to carry a concealed weapon? A: She has a brown belt in tae kwon do and was once a
competitive figure skater.
Q: Did
actress Claire Danes make her television debut on: (a) My So-Called Life; (b) Law
& Order; or (c) Family Matters? A:Law & Order when she was 13 in 1992. She
auditioned for My So-Called Life the same year, but it took two years to get the
show on the air.
Q: Though actor
James Garner’s Maverick and Rockford Files are two of TV’s most
successful series, which other Garner series had such low ratings the hero was actually
killed? Was it: (a) Nichols; (b) Pickles; or (c) Tickles? A: In the 1971-72 series, James Rockford as Nichols,
Garner played a motorcyle-riding sheriff of questionable character, who was actually
killed so he could be replaced the next season by his more heroic identical twin brother.
The series was not renewed.
Q: Marilu Henner
played Elaine on Taxi. Was Elaine’s last name: (a) Lardo; (b) Nardo; or (c)
DePalma? A: Elaine Nardo.
